Araucanization

English

Etymology

From Spanish araucanización, from Araucanía. By surface analysis, Araucania +‎ -ization.

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Noun

Araucanization (uncountable)

1. The process of expansion of the Mapudungun language and other elements of the Mapuche culture from its homeland Araucania into the plains of Patagonia, so as to assimilate such other native Amerindian peoples as the Puelches and Tehuelches.

   Synonym: (rare) Mapuchization

   • 2008, David J. Weber, Bárbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 65:

     The Araucanization of the pampa continued into the first half of the nineteenth century as Araucanian speakers continued to migrate across the Andes.

Usage notes

Terms derived from Araucania and Araucanian are considered offensive by the Mapuche, as these terms have been used derogatorily towards them; they prefer the (rare) term Mapuchization.

Related terms

• Araucanian

Translations

assimilation into Mapuche culture

• German: Araukanisierung f
• Portuguese: araucanização f
• Spanish: araucanización (es) f, mapuchezación f